Nation and world news in brief for October 1
FBI will pay $22.6M to settle female trainees’ sex bias claims
The Eric Adams indictment may be just the start of his problems
When a ship is going down, the rats begin to flee. The same is true when it comes to the downfall of a powerful public official.
UN speeches reflect grim global realities
The world, warned President Joe Biden, is at an “inflection point.”
‘Larger than life’ Hall of Famer Mutombo dies at 58
(Reuters) — Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo has died at the age of 58 from brain cancer, the NBA said on Monday.
BIIF foootball: Aipia dominates Kohala; Waiakea gets second win
KAPA‘AU — In a Saturday afternoon game against Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) Division II opponent Kohala football, nobody was more prepared to play than Hawaii Prep star running back Alaka‘i Aipia.
‘Pure joy’ for LeBron James as Bronny joins him on Lakers
Before they become the first father-son duo to play together in the NBA, LeBron James and Bronny James got their close-up Monday at Los Angeles Lakers media day.
Proposal calls for a ‘county radio plan’
State and county agencies and local amateur radio operators should work together to develop an islandwide communication plan to respond to emergencies in case of blackouts, according to a Hawaii County Council proposal.
Former Youth Challenge staffer sentenced to 10 years for sex assault
A 44-year-old Keaau man was sentenced last week by Hilo Circuit Judge Henry Nakamoto to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting a then-minor girl six years ago on the campus of the Hawaii Youth Challenge Academy in Hilo.
In Biden’s homestretch, selfies on Air Force One and a chorus of ‘Thank you, Joe’
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden was in the mood to break some rules.
North Carolina mounts massive search and rescue operation in wake of Helene
BAT CAVE, North Carolina — Crews on Monday airlifted emergency food and water into remote North Carolina towns that were cut off and devastated by tropical storm Helene that turned the western part of the state into a “post apocalyptic” landscape.
